El Deafo

El Deafo
by Cece Bell

Once there was a girl named Cece she was an ordinary kid until she got sick and lost her hearing. One day Cece saw on t.v. a girl that called the other girl deafo at fist she laughs then she thinks I am el deafo.   After that she went to a hard of hearing school where she learned to read people’s lips.  Then she moved and went to a new elementary school.  She had a very hard time making friends.  At one point she has a friend named Laura who bosses her around.   At this school her teacher wears a microphone and she can hear her teacher were ever she goes.   Cece meets a girl named Martha after a while Cece gets hurt and Martha stops playing with Cece. She likes a boy named Mike.  Then the gym teacher drops the microphone and it breaks so they have to wait until they get a new one.   Cece cannot hear without the microphone. Next, she finds out that Mike also likes her.   In the end Martha realized that it wasn’t her fault that Cece got hurt and they go back to being friends again.    She learned that even though she is different she is special.        

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Harry Potter and the sorcerer’s stone

Harry lives with his aunt and uncle and his very weird cousin Dudley.  Harry finds out that he is a very famous wizard because when he was a baby a very bad wizard named Voldemort tried to kill him but he could not kill him.  Voldemort killed Harrys parents.  Next he goes to Hogwarts with Hagrid and meets a boy named Ronald he also meets a girl named Hermione.  After a while Harry joins quidditch and he wins the first game.  He think’s that professor Snape is plotting to kill him and take a precious stone called the sorcerers stone.  Then one of the teachers named Quirrell let in a troll but Harry defeated it and almost got in trouble.  Then Hagrid the gamekeeper gets a dragon but he can’t keep it so he gives it to Ronald’s brother and they get in big trouble.   Harry goes down a deep cavern to get the sorcerers stone and instead of Snape he finds Quirrell and Voldemort.  Luckily Harry defeats them but is badly wounded and the principal saves him.

 

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

The Herdmens are the worst kids in town.   They’re also a family of six kids.  One time they burned down the shoemakers shop.  They somehow managed to get in the church.  Then they got in the Christmas pageant playing parts from the angel of the lord to wise men.  There was a girl that was very unhappy because she wanted to be Mary and one of the Herdmens was already going to be Mary. The Herdmens didn’t like the presents the wise men brought.   The new Herdmen wise men brought a ham instead of all the gold, frankincense, and myrrh.  The two Herdmens that were Mary and Joseph came in late and the Mary burped the baby Jesus.  Everyone said it was the best Christmas pageant ever.     

The Prairie Thief

The Prairie Thief by Melissa Wiley

Louisa’s father was sent to jail for something he did not do.  When Louisa was three, her mother died.  After her father went to jail the Smirches took Louisa in.  Another mouth to feed said Mrs. Smirch as she stared at Louisa ungratefully. Louisa was sad because she had to sleep on itchy straw at night.  Louisa and Mrs. Smirch’s niece Jessamine found a hole in Hazel Grove. They found a little man that was called a brownie in Hazel Grove.  He told her that he was the one who stole everything and not her father. The brownie summoned an elk that took her to town. When she got there she went straight to the jailhouse and saw her dad since she was there she went to his trial. Then she met the judge who showed her his brownie, her name was Mrs. Mack. His brownie is married to Louisa’s brownie Mr. O’Gorsebush.   Since she knew that her little brownie was the one who stole everything she told a crow to tie the sheriff’s keys to the back of Mrs. Smirches bonnet so they would think she was guilty.    The judge decided that Louisa’s father was innocent so he got to go home.

I recommend this book because it is a very good book.